If we give up the notion that everybody’s life is perfect but ours, we would be a lot happier. Nobody’s life is perfect.

When in doubt, do the obvious.

Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

Sex is ... scratching an itch Everything else is something we project on a very simple act. It's the psychology, not the biology, that's complicated.

A dedication to perfection means that we are doomed always to be just a heartbeat way - from exposure. Perfection is unchanging; lives are ongoing.

Charity always feels better to the donor than to the recipient.

The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.